Archive for May, 2008
Chicago’s Green Festival
21 May 2008Last Saturday my friend Elizabeth and I went to the Green Festival. We wanted to be environmentally conscious so we walked from Lincoln Park, cut through the zoo, and headed down the lake front path to Navy Pier. OK, really the bus was taking forever and it was a gorgeous day. Shortly after we got […]
A Sho Thing
19 May 2008Ever since Shochu opened I’d been hearing great things about it. That didn’t really surprise me; I’d recently attended a media dinner at sister restaurant Deleece and was impressed by Chef Josh Hansen’s cuisine (and that had nothing to do with the fact that he’s a bass player in one of my favorite local bands, […]
This week’s band: Paper Arrows
19 May 2008Michael Teach from Chicago Acoustic Underground first told me about Paper Arrows and said I just had to check them out. I’ve learned to listen to him, so we went to their CD release party at Schuba’s a couple of months ago. Once again, Michael’s spot on.
Paper Arrows - Look Alive: The David Leonardis Report #22
15 May 2008Last night I saw the CUBS lose to the San Diego Padres. It was my eleventh CUBS home game this season. The CUBS have played 22 home games so far. I made it to half. That’s pretty good I guess. My friend Roger Herring from Socca on Clark had been trying to keep up with […]
Free Foie
14 May 2008It’s been one heck of a week in Chicago politics. Not only did a massive opposition to the promoter’s ordinance send it back to committee, now the foie gras ban has been repealed. For Chicago chefs (except, possibly, for Trotter), it’s like the end of prohibition and you can bet we’ll be seeing lots of […]
